Taliban code of conduct

[Oklop]

Is this for real? Or is it PR stunt on the part of the Taleban?

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/as...pt/#cnnSTCText

-- Chapter 1: Security
Any Muslim can invite anyone working for the slave government in Kabul to quit their job and remove themselves from the corrupt administration.

Chapter 2: Prisoners
It is strictly prohibited to exchange prisoners for money. Killing can only be decided by the Imam or his deputy. Noone else has the right to do so.
If a military infidel is captured, any decision to kill, conditionally release or exchange such a prisoner can only be made by the Imam or his deputy.


Chapter 7: On the Mujahideen
Suicide attacks should be at high value and important targets because a brave son of Islam should not be used for low value and useless targets. In suicide attacks the killing of innocent people and damage to their property should be minimized.


Chapter 10: Regional Issues
All Mujahideen must do their best to avoid civilian deaths and injuries and damage to civilian property.

Chapter 11: Regarding prohibited things
Weapons used to be taken from people by force, this practice is no longer permitted. But people may hand over their weapons voluntarily.
No Mujahid is allowed to smoke.

A male who has not yet grown a beard may not stay in a common sleeping area with other men. (My comment: this sentence is so exploitable for jokes...)

It is forbidden to disfigure people. For example the cutting off of ears, nose and lips are severely prohibited. Mujahideen should refrain from such activities.
Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate should not collect donations from people forcibly. People should be free to choose who they want to give to.
Mujahideen should not search people's homes. If there is a need to do this, they should get permission from authority and the search should be done in the presence of the imam of the local mosque and two elders. Kidnapping for ransom is strictly prohibited.




Chapter 12
Mujahideen must be well behaved, and treat the people properly, in order to get closer to the hearts of civilian Muslims.
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I guess they are trying to be more, how should I say, sophisticated?

[Farnan]

Mullah Omar finally read Mao and realized his brutality would be his downfall and created this. However the problem is that most of the Taliban can't read, and most of those that can don't care.

So basically its a PR stunt.

[Stavroforos]

Mullah Omar finally read Mao and realized his brutality would be his downfall and created this. However the problem is that most of the Taliban can't read, and most of those that can don't care.

So basically its a PR stunt.

It would however to be interesting to see if this became enforced amongst the members of the Taliban.

[Farnan]

It would however to be interesting to see if this became enforced amongst the members of the Taliban.

It won't be. As I said most of the Taliban can't read (not to say they're stupid but their is little literacy in Afghanistan), and most of those that can won't follow it as they are Takfiris, a Muslim heresy that believes anyone who does not follow their brand of Islam deserves death.

However, following this would make them a more deadly guerilla force and they resember Mao's 3 rules and 5 remarks.

[Stavroforos]

It won't be. As I said most of the Taliban can't read (not to say they're stupid but their is little literacy in Afghanistan), and most of those that can won't follow it as they are Takfiris, a Muslim heresy that believes anyone who does not follow their brand of Islam deserves death.

However, following this would make them a more deadly guerilla force and they resember Mao's 3 rules and 5 remarks.

Well yeah I was speaking on a purely hypothetical basis.

[Douchebag]

Mullah Omar finally read Mao and realized his brutality would be his downfall and created this. However the problem is that most of the Taliban can't read, and most of those that can don't care.

So basically its a PR stunt.

x10

[patrick1191]

Loop hole! They don't cut off ears,noses. They just cut off the whole head.

[Heinz Guderian]

Loop hole! They don't cut off ears,noses. They just cut off the whole head.

only if you've been very naughty

[boofhead]

The very fact that it has needs to state that cutting off of facial parts is bad is enough to reveal the truth about these people.

A reading between the lines says it all. Degenerate filth trying to don a cloak of legitimacy.

[Oklop]

I guessed as much. It did not even cross my mind that most of their fighters are illiterate. I mean I knew that the country as a whole is very low on literacy (25+ years of war did not exactly help build schools) but perhaps the local commanders can drum it to their subordinates.

Good stunt though. If only they added do not bomb schools....

[Sphere]

It is important to distinguish between the Taliban and Al Qaida. Post-soviet withdrawl the Taliban governed most of the country, and even sent a diplomatic mission to the US at one point for negiotiating a pipeline through Afghanistan. They are islamic fundementalists, and quite brutal, but they are not an international Jihadist group. They very much want to regain control over the government again and re-impose a medival form of Islamic government. In that sense, nothing in this "Handbook" seems out of place; building civilian support, setting a line of command and regulating social conduct to conform to their view of Islam.

[Farnan]

It is important to distinguish between the Taliban and Al Qaida. Post-soviet withdrawl the Taliban governed most of the country, and even sent a diplomatic mission to the US at one point for negiotiating a pipeline through Afghanistan. They are islamic fundementalists, and quite brutal, but they are not an international Jihadist group. They very much want to regain control over the government again and re-impose a medival form of Islamic government. In that sense, nothing in this "Handbook" seems out of place; building civilian support, setting a line of command and regulating social conduct to conform to their view of Islam.

However the line has become more and more blurred between Al Qaeda and the Taliban. Al Qaeda provides commissars and shock troops to the Taliban, and since OBL moved to A-Stan the Taliban have moved to become puppets of Al Qaeda.

Anyways I have no doubt that Mullah Omar plans on his troops following these orders as it will improve their position as guerrila fighters, however if they will follow is a different story.

[Jexiel]

These clowns finally realized that inhuman methods will be dislike even by some of the people that might sympathize with your cause? What a bunch of clowns.

Wouldn't it be nice if some extreme Christian group called a crusade against these idiots? We could get rid of two birds with one stone and finally allow reasonable heads on both sides to prevail.

[Gumpfendorfer]

It would however to be interesting to see if this became enforced amongst the members of the Taliban.

Me too, at first I dismissed it, but the Taliban have shown they can be a disciplined force, how else did they get the poppy production down to almost zero in less then two years.
Not saying chances are high, and indeed the international jihadis are a different breed and messing up big time.

[boofhead]

Me too, at first I dismissed it, but the Taliban have shown they can be a disciplined force, how else did they get the poppy production down to almost zero in less then two years.
Not saying chances are high, and indeed the international jihadis are a different breed and messing up big time.

How did they do it? They just kill everyone who doesn't lick their buttholes.

[Каие]

''Unless the Imam says....''

[Heinz Guderian]

Is this for real? Or is it PR stunt on the part of the Taleban?

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/as...pt/#cnnSTCText

-- Chapter 1: Security
Any Muslim can invite anyone working for the slave government in Kabul to quit their job and remove themselves from the corrupt administration.

Chapter 2: Prisoners
It is strictly prohibited to exchange prisoners for money. Killing can only be decided by the Imam or his deputy. Noone else has the right to do so.
If a military infidel is captured, any decision to kill, conditionally release or exchange such a prisoner can only be made by the Imam or his deputy.


Chapter 7: On the Mujahideen
Suicide attacks should be at high value and important targets because a brave son of Islam should not be used for low value and useless targets. In suicide attacks the killing of innocent people and damage to their property should be minimized.


Chapter 10: Regional Issues
All Mujahideen must do their best to avoid civilian deaths and injuries and damage to civilian property.

Chapter 11: Regarding prohibited things
Weapons used to be taken from people by force, this practice is no longer permitted. But people may hand over their weapons voluntarily.
No Mujahid is allowed to smoke.

A male who has not yet grown a beard may not stay in a common sleeping area with other men. (My comment: this sentence is so exploitable for jokes...)

It is forbidden to disfigure people. For example the cutting off of ears, nose and lips are severely prohibited. Mujahideen should refrain from such activities.
Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate should not collect donations from people forcibly. People should be free to choose who they want to give to.
Mujahideen should not search people's homes. If there is a need to do this, they should get permission from authority and the search should be done in the presence of the imam of the local mosque and two elders. Kidnapping for ransom is strictly prohibited.




Chapter 12
Mujahideen must be well behaved, and treat the people properly, in order to get closer to the hearts of civilian Muslims.
_________________________________________________________________________________

I guess they are trying to be more, how should I say, sophisticated?

Seems fair enough. US troops were not explicitly told to refrain from raping and stacking naked men in pyramids. Killing entire villages in response to an IED was also not on the memo. Perhaps it would have been better if it was?

Now the Taliban must stick to this. They need to win hearts and minds in the North. There are only so many wedding parties they can rely on the Americans to bomb.

[Farnan]

Seems fair enough. US troops were not explicitly told to refrain from raping and stacking naked men in pyramids. Killing entire villages in response to an IED was also not on the memo. Perhaps it would have been better if it was?

Now the Taliban must stick to this. They need to win hearts and minds in the North. There are only so many wedding parties they can rely on the Americans to bomb.

For the first para they are, which is why they are thrown in jail for doing so.

And the second part, the US has more chance of annexing Russia, than the Taliban in convincing Tajiks, Uzbeks, Hazaris, Turkmen, Heratis and Durrani Pashtuns to support them.

[Barry Goldwater]

That they even had to mention that 'mutilation is bad' (and also that you're only allowed to kill prisoners 'if the imam says so') turns this craptastic shot at a PR stunt into epic fail from the beginning.

[boofhead]

That they even had to mention that 'mutilation is bad' (and also that you're only allowed to kill prisoners 'if the imam says so') turns this craptastic shot at a PR stunt into epic fail from the beginning.

Yes, and a legitimate government, of course, only a legitimate government would have to issue dictates such as ''oh wow, cutting off some poor bastard's nose is not really a good thing.'' Everything this constitution says, if genuine, should be taken as an admission of guilt of former actions. A leopard doesn't change its spots overnight. Only fools would believe the Taliban. These punks should only be negotiated with when there is one bloodied specimen left, cowering in a shell hole and crying for mercy. Not even then. He should be killed.